Social Hideout - Réserver une table

Housed in one of the central courtyards that are popping up in new residential developments across Sydney, Social Hideout makes clever use of this often-difficult type of space. White garden furniture tables are set on bright green AstroTurf. The chair seats are padded with plump, black and white cushions, and draped with brightly coloured blanket throws.There’s a casually parked retro bicycle with its cane basket full of plastic flowers sitting in front of an arbour housing more tables and a long, comfortable banquette. It all adds up to an al-fresco extend-a-lounge room environment, geared at the apartment dwellers living on all four sides.We pull up an outdoor table in these ‘grounds’ of North Parramatta amongst largely female clientele – the widely spaced tables do lend themselves to being friendly to those with prams. The coffee – Campos – is well executed in a Flat White ($3.80). An Iced Matcha Green Tea ($6.50) is a smile-maker, even without a towering cap of frothy, whipped cream. Tea is nicely integrated into the icy, green drink, and set off by a ball of ice cream (also optional).The breakfast menu, served until 2.30pm, is an interesting blend of Insta-worthy sweet indulgences and global fusion dishes appropriate to the ethnic diversity of Parramatta. We opt for the latter in the form of an Arabian Board ($16). It’s a visually exciting mix of poached eggs, Turkish bread, grilled squares of haloumi and a cold assortment of cherry tomatoes, Lebanese cucumbers and black olives. It’s light on the carbohydrates, but still provides plenty of dipping fodder to drag through the accompanying bowl of labneh and za’atar. The only improvement I’d make is using better quality, tangier Kalamata olives.Using similar cultural inspiration, The Habib ($16), gives smashed avocado an Arabic twist by teaming it with za’atar poached eggs, beetroot hummus, pomegranate and a portabello mushroom on toasted sourdough. It’s a tasty collision that can be further accentuated with a side of Bacon ($4) if your carnivorous appetites demand.Social Hideout is yet another example of Parramatta - Sydney’s geographic centre - really coming online, ensuring that local workers and residents have access to everything one can find in the CBD.

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My wife and I were looking for a nice breakfast place and came across SH on google. We waited outside at the sign saying please wait here to be seated for a minute and realised that we should venture inside or we could be standing out there all day. Once inside we were directed to a table, we had to wave down a server to order coffees, it would have been nice to had been asked if we wanted a drink when we were seated as it was 8.45am and we wanted a coffee! My coffee (SK Cap) was warm and more of a flat white with some chocolate powder..my wife's was also the same, and tasted nice - just without the foam top. We ordered a Greek omelet which was nice with a slice of toast cut in half (no butter) and poached eggs on toast, again no butter which I needed to ask for if I wanted some (I'll keep that in mind) and a side of hash browns which were the store bought frozen type. Overall, ok. Maybe I should have tried something else. Overall everything was...ok. Service was average and seemed like if we did not engage it was not going to be replicated, in an era where more and more cafes are opening and competition is everywhere I did expect a far better overall experience. I hope SH has not got complacent due to their success.

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Now I understand why they named the place 'hideout'. It's tricky too find but once you've found it, you'll love it. I ordered 'The Habib'. This Middle Eastern inspired dish not only looks lovely, it tastes wonderful as well! I especially adore the beautifully cooked za'atar poached eggs, flavourful beetroot hummus, portobello mushrooms and the fresh pomegranate! Coffee is great too! Tips: park at Coles so you get 1.5hours free parking.

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For lunch on a weekday, this is the place to miss. It is cold outside, no heating. An hour to wait for food. Bring your own knives, forks and napkins as they are not readily available. Food was average and expensive. Milkshake was nice though

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The staff were super polite, coffee is amazing!! Our breakfast was cooked to perfection. My brother is a regular here and I can see why. Well done guys!

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